The technical and sociocultural dimensions are both very crucial components of the project management processes and project management relies on both of these two dimensions. The technical side of the management process is the formal, disciplined and purely logical part and includes defining the scope, schedule, and resource allocation, status report, planning and controlling the projects. The sociocultural side of the project management is an opposing dimension that focuses on the organization culture that is set of values, assumptions, behaviors shared by organizational members. Unlike other orderly world of project planning, sociocultural dimension is quite complex. This dimension focuses on creating a temporary social system within the
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Technical dimension represents the “science” of project management while the sociocultural dimension represents the “art” of managing a project. A success is expected only when project manager is trained in both the technical and the sociocultural side of managing projects and is able to integrate and balance the two dimensions (Larson & Gray, 2010).
A Chinese symbol, called the Ying-Yang symbol, best illustrates the integration and overlapping of technical and socio-cultural dimension of management in project management. This symbol indicates that there are two parts interdependent and interconnected to each other. The same principle applies for projects to succeed; it should balance both the technical and sociocultural dimensions of the project management (Haugan, 2006).
4. Review the case, “A Day in the Life” at the end of Chapter 1 of the text and answer the questions concerning the case.
a. How effectively do you think Rachel spent her day?
The case “A Day in the Life” presents the one day routine of Rachel who is one of the project managers working in a large information system project. The case study mainly discusses how she allocates her time to spend one day in her life. In my perspective, Rachel spent her entire day at the office quite effectively and …show more content…
She has a well prepared plan from morning to evening including relaxation breaks at noon. This demonstrates her inclination towards the job which is a must factor for any project manager. Because of her hard work manual, her project seems to be on schedule which again demonstrates how well planned Rachel is towards her job. Every day, she reports to her boss about the project progress. Rachel not only concentrates on her project, but also helps her fellow manager in his project so as to bring the already lagging project on scheduled track. Other than usual routine works such as receiving queries, replying to emails and day to day function, she keeps harmony with all other colleague by meeting them at least for a moment, either in lunch or somewhere in the stairs. Rachel also shows her investigating skill in order to find the root cause of the problem by discussing with other department. The most effective activity of the Rachel comes to notice when she arranges every day meeting with other team members of her project and discusses about the status and progress of the targeted
Technical dimension represents the “science” of project management while the sociocultural dimension represents the “art” of managing a project. A success is expected only when project manager is trained in both the technical and the sociocultural side of managing projects and is able to integrate and balance the two dimensions (Larson & Gray, 2010).
A Chinese symbol, called the Ying-Yang symbol, best illustrates the integration and overlapping of technical and socio-cultural dimension of management in project management. This symbol indicates that there are two parts interdependent and interconnected to each other. The same principle applies for projects to succeed; it should balance both the technical and sociocultural dimensions of the project management (Haugan, 2006).
4. Review the case, “A Day in the Life” at the end of Chapter 1 of the text and answer the questions concerning the case.
a. How effectively do you think Rachel spent her day?
The case “A Day in the Life” presents the one day routine of Rachel who is one of the project managers working in a large information system project. The case study mainly discusses how she allocates her time to spend one day in her life. In my perspective, Rachel spent her entire day at the office quite effectively and …show more content…
She has a well prepared plan from morning to evening including relaxation breaks at noon. This demonstrates her inclination towards the job which is a must factor for any project manager. Because of her hard work manual, her project seems to be on schedule which again demonstrates how well planned Rachel is towards her job. Every day, she reports to her boss about the project progress. Rachel not only concentrates on her project, but also helps her fellow manager in his project so as to bring the already lagging project on scheduled track. Other than usual routine works such as receiving queries, replying to emails and day to day function, she keeps harmony with all other colleague by meeting them at least for a moment, either in lunch or somewhere in the stairs. Rachel also shows her investigating skill in order to find the root cause of the problem by discussing with other department. The most effective activity of the Rachel comes to notice when she arranges every day meeting with other team members of her project and discusses about the status and progress of the targeted